Bauhaus White City Tel Aviv
העיר הלבנה ha ir ha levana.
Bauhaus white city tel aviv. Though the movement originated in germany a wave of european immigrant settlers in the 1930s including bauhaus graduates arieh sharon shmuel mistechkin and shlomo bernstein brought bauhaus to tel aviv a city that was then in its infancy. Around 4 000 buildings built between the 1930s and israel s establishment in 1948 were constructed in the bauhaus or international style. Join the weekly tour or stop by the bauhaus center to pick up an audioguide during regular opening hours. Since being designated one of the first modern unesco world heritage sites in the world in 2003 restoration of these buildings constructed by german.
White city in downtown tel aviv is the largest grouping of bauhaus style buildings in the world due to the sad turns of history. Licensed guides and experts will lead you to explore the city s most worthy gems. A mixture of sun worn structures and stunning restorations the 4 000 bauhaus buildings scattered across tel aviv s white city have turned it into a living museum. With their eye catching asymmetry long and thin stairwell windows and curved balconies they epitomise an architectural style characterised by functionality.
Our center specializes in walking tours of tel aviv s white city bauhaus architecture. The white city hebrew. Tel aviv s white city might be a unesco world heritage site but the words boring historic or ageing do not describe it at all. المدينة البيضاء al madinah al baydha a refers to a collection of over 4 000 buildings built in a unique form of the international style in tel aviv from the 1930s with a strong bauhaus component by jewish architects from germany and other central and east european countries with german cultural.
Incidentally the same year tel aviv celebrates its 110th anniversary. Our white city tour is a true classic and a must for every visitor. In the past 20 years ten thousands of people have enjoyed our tours. Tel aviv has approximately 4 000 bauhaus buildings that are collectively known as white city and are recognized by unesco as a world heritage site.
The best way to experience the bauhaus world heritage site white city of tel aviv is to join the bauhaus center architectural tour which features a short introductory movie and a map handout. Bauhaus see 446 traveler reviews 478 candid photos and great deals for tel aviv israel at tripadvisor. The architects developed the white city in tel aviv a collection of 4 000 functional buildings made from concrete and steel that is still. When members of the bauhaus school fled germany many of these talented visionaries made their way to tel aviv at the time the city was in its fledgling stages and served as the ideal blank.